Fastener for meeting-rails of sashes



(No Model.)

F. J. HOYT.

FASTENERVFOR MEETING RAILS OF SASHBS.

No.32. W Patented Dec. 25, 1888.

ATENT OFFICE.

FRED J. HOYI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FASTENER FOR MEETING-RAILS OF SASHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 395,274, datedDecember 25, 1888. Application filed $eptember 25, 1888. Serial No.286,339. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED J. HOYT, acitizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVinddw-Locks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to window-locks, and its object is to improve suchlocks in the matter of simplicity and efficiency.

It consists of the parts hereinafter described and claimed.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is afront view in elevation of two sashes locked by my lock; Fig. 2, a sideelevation, in section, of sash and lock; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6,details, the latter being a plan.

Referring to the drawings, A is an upper sash and B a lower one.

G is a metal socket, sunk into the inner ledge, d, of the upper sash andprovided with a top, D, having shoulders e, which rest on the ledge ofthe upper sash and to which they are secured by bolts. The top D isformed with a cradle, f, having sides g extending over and at rightangles with the socket G, and is provided with a central hole, 7L,leading into the socket.

II is a pin fitted into the sides 9 of the top D, extending across thecradle and directly over the center of the hole hand the socket O.

I is a pin provided with a slot, j, and hung by said slot on the pin1-1.

When the window is unlocked, the pin I rests in a vertical position insocket O, as shown in Fig. 2. WVhen the sashes are closed and it isdesired to lock them, the pin is Withdrawn from the socket and turneddown in the cradle f, withits head over the ledge of the inner sash andwith its opposite end extended through the cradle f and over the ledgesof the upper sash. In this positionthe locking-pin is held from turningby its bearing on the pin H, and neither sash can be moved up or downuntil the locking-pin is pulled out from the cradle f, so that it can beturned up and re turned to the socket. To give a smooth bearing on theledge of the lower sash, one shoulder, m, of the head of the pin is cutaway or a square flat-headed or other shaped pin might be used.

What I claim is A window-lock composed of a metal socket, a cradle-topover such socket having a hole leading into the socket, a pin, H, acrosssaid cradle, and a slotted pin, I, hung on the pin H, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED J. I-IOYT.

IVitnesses:

A. H. CHANDLER, II. H. DE GROFFT.

